Jenny, Making a To-Do category for unconnected people is a great idea! There are several people I am "almost" sure belong to my family, but I'm not quite sure how they are related. Keeping their names in a To-Do list category will help me to find them all in one place quickly. Thanks for this great application of the To-Do list.
Dede Holden On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 7:50 AM, Jenny M Benson <ge...@cedarbank.me.uk> wrote: > Judy wrote >> >> I, too, track individuals through census pages, and would appreciate >> knowing how others keep track of "other people", who at one time may not be >> recognized as related, but after further work, end up being so. > > When I create a Census Event I put the details of each individual in the > Description, but in the Notes I mention the complete household, for example > "The household comprised Joe Bloggs 531, his wife Fanny Adams 604, their son > Joseph Bloggs 883 and boarder Jane Doe." > > Because my family file is not huge (<3,000) and I am frequently reviewing > the main people of interest I find that is sufficient for me to "find" these > other people if they crop up again in another context. I also have a pretty > good memory for names in my file! However, I appreciate that this is rather > a casual approach and would not suit someone who has an enormous file or a > great many "other people" > > A few times in the past on LUG, people have mentioned the wish for Legacy to > include a General Notes field, separate from the Notes attached to each > Individual, where one could enter information relating to the whole file. > Such a facility would be useful for recording the names of "other people" > who may prove to be of interest. But it occurs to me that one could also > create a To Do, putting something like "Other People" in "Task needing to be > done" and just add the names to the Task Description as one comes across > them. If one inserted each name in alphabetical order, it would not be too > difficult to check this list whenever a new connection was found. > -- > Jenny M Benson > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
